[arch-dev-public] rfc: reflector and providing pacman-mirrorlist

[Xyne]

>$ pacman -Qi nomirrorlist
>Description     : Dummy package to replace pacman-mirrorlist
>Provides        : pacman-mirrorlist
>Depends On      : pacman  reflector
>Conflicts With  : pacman-mirrorlist
>Replaces        : pacman-mirrorlist
>
>
>I have a dedicated personal package to force resolution to it rather
>than the official mirrorlist; I then have the freedom to make it
>generate a mirrorlist in post_install, or at least provide the file
>itself as a backup file with a randomly chosen mirror that at least works.

That seems like the sanest compromise and there's already a package in the AUR:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/reflector-nomirrorlist/

Thanks!